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UFO case file · UFO-29644

Asbury Park radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 1957

CE1United States1957-11-01

Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States

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Case description

BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING This while object appeared in the NW traveling in a SE direction at a good speed, moved irregularly in the SE direction against the wind. Observers saw the object move through a cloud layer (can seen cloud cover 3/4). The object appeared to be extremely fast moving, as if it was being tracked or lost moving through our coverage. AND DISAPPEARED (7) IOURS (8) FAEHER CF OBSERVATION: (9) GROUND-VISUAL (10) NONE (11) N/A (12) TIME & DATE CF SIGHTING: (13) 8/24/57 NCIV 57 NIGHT 2400--5=1900 (14) ASBURY PARK N.J. (15) IDENTIFYING INFC OF ALL CBSERVERS (A) COMMUNICATIONS DEPT ASBURY PARK N.J. AND WIFE COMMUNICATIONS DEPT JEDWP H825WPE113 YDB879K TYD111 TMB137NYA848 RR RJEPNB RJEPHO RJEDDN RJEDWP DE RJEPNY 27 R 861533Z FM 2511H ADIV TO RJEDD/COMDR ADC RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC RJEPHO/AC OS S INTEL HO USAF INFO RJEPNB/COMDR EADF BT //UNCLASS//UFOB REPORT ATTN: CIC EADF (A) DESCRIPTION: (B) ROUND DISK-GO SEEN AT NIGHT (C) QUARTER COIN (D) LIKE A LIGHT BULB (E) N/A (F) NONE (G) SMOKE TRAILING -- IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BE CERTAIN, BUT THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME SMOKE OR VAPOR TRAILING AS THE OBJECT MOVED AS IF LEAVING SOME KIND OF LIGHT OR VAPOR TRAIL. Supporting case details: Reported craft or object: Reported object in Asbury Park radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 1957 Reported special objects or artifacts: Radar system Physical traces or material: Radar data or reported radar return associated with Asbury Park radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 1957 Electromagnetic or instrument effects: Radar or sensor detection

Recorded details

Craft description
Reported object in Asbury Park radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 1957
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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